Cory Booker jumps into Senate race

1:01 AM,
Jun. 8, 2013

FILE - This May 19, 2013. file photo, Newark Mayor Cory Booker delivers the main address during Class Day for Yale seniors at Yale University in New Haven, Conn. A member of Newark Mayor Cory Booker's campaign staff says Booker is planning to enter the special election to fill the U.S. Senate seat previously held by Frank Lautenberg. The staff member says Booker plans to announce his entry into the race Saturday, June 8, 2013. . He spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak publicly on the plans ahead of the official announcement. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)

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Newark Mayor Cory Booker is joining New Jersey's special election for U.S. Senate, with the formal announcement coming today. His advisers said campaign events are planned for Newark and Willingboro.

Booker is the second Democrat officially entered in the Aug. 13 primary. The special election is Oct. 16. Rep. Rush Holt announced Thursday he was in the race. Sources within the party say Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. also will meet the Monday 4 p.m. filing deadline but the 13-term member of Congress hasn't scheduled a formal announcement.